1Йосиф беше отведен в Египет. Там от измаилтяните, които го бяха довели, го купи фараоновият царедворец, египтянинът Потифар, началник на охраната.2Господ беше с Йосиф и той имаше успех във всичко и живееше в дома на господаря си, египтянина.3Господарят му видя, че Господ е с него и той с Негова помощ има успех във всяко начинание.4Йосиф спечели благоволението на господаря си и му служеше. И той го постави за домоуправител и му повери всичко, каквото имаше.5А откакто Йосиф стана домоуправител и уредник на имотите му, заради него Господ благослови дома на египтянина. Благословът на Господа беше върху всичко, което Потифар имаше в дома си и в полето.6И той остави целия си имот в ръцете на Йосиф и не се грижеше за нищо освен за яденето си. Йосиф беше красив и строен.7И жената на господаря му го хареса и рече: „Спи с мене!“8Но той и отказа с думите: „Виж, господарят ми не се грижи за нищо в дома си, защото аз съм тук, и всичко, каквото има, е моя отговорност.9В този дом няма по-голям от мене и той не ми е забранил нищо освен тебе, понеже си му жена. Как бих дръзнал да направя такова голямо зло и да съгреша пред Бога?“10И въпреки че тя всекидневно така настояваше пред Йосиф, той не я послуша да спи с нея.11Един ден той влезе вкъщи по работа, а там нямаше никой от домашните;12и тя го улови за дрехата му, и му каза: „Легни с мене.“ Но той остави дрехата си в ръцете и и избяга навън.13А тя, като видя, че той остави дрехата си и побягна навън,14извика домашните си и им каза: „Ето довел ни е евреин да се подиграва с нас. Той дойде при мене, за да легне с мене. Но аз завиках високо,15а той, като чу, че викам, остави при мене дрехата си и набързо избяга навън.“16И тя запази неговата дреха при себе си, докато господарят му си дойде вкъщи.17Тя повтори и пред него същите думи: „Робът евреин, когото ни доведе вкъщи, искаше да се подиграе с мене,18но когато аз се развиках, той остави при мене дрехата си и бързо избяга вън.“19Господарят му пламна от гняв, като чу думите на жена си как е постъпил робът с нея.20Господарят взе Йосиф и го хвърли в тъмницата, където бяха затворени царските затворници. И той остана в затвора.21Но Господ беше милостив с Йосиф и му даде благоволението на началника на затвора.22Той постави Йосиф над всички затворници в тъмницата и го определи за отговорник на всичко, което се вършеше там.23Началникът на затвора не се грижеше за онова, за което отговаряше Йосиф, защото Господ беше с него и във всичко, което Йосиф правеше, Господ помагаше.
New International Reader’s Version
Joseph and the wife of Potiphar
1Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar had bought him from the Ishmaelite traders who had taken him there. Potiphar was one of Pharaoh’s officials. He was the captain of the palace guard.2The LORD was with Joseph. He gave him great success. Joseph lived in Potiphar’s house.3Joseph’s master saw that the LORD was with him. He saw that the LORD made Joseph successful in everything he did.4So Potiphar was pleased with Joseph and made him his attendant. He put Joseph in charge of his house. He trusted Joseph to take care of everything he owned.5From that time on, the LORD blessed Potiphar’s family and servants because of Joseph. He blessed everything Potiphar had in his house and field.6So Joseph took good care of everything Potiphar owned. With Joseph in charge, Potiphar didn’t have to worry about anything except the food he ate. Joseph was strong and handsome.7After a while, his master’s wife noticed Joseph. She said to him, ‘Come to bed with me!’8But he refused. ‘My master has put me in charge,’ he told her. ‘Now he doesn’t have to worry about anything in the house. He trusts me to take care of everything he owns.9No one in this house is in a higher position than I am. My master hasn’t held anything back from me, except you. You are his wife. So how could I do an evil thing like that? How could I sin against God?’10She spoke to Joseph day after day. But he told her he wouldn’t go to bed with her. He didn’t even want to be with her.11One day Joseph went into the house to take care of his duties. None of the family servants was inside.12Potiphar’s wife grabbed him by his coat. ‘Come to bed with me!’ she said. But he left his coat in her hand. And he ran out of the house.13She saw that he had left his coat in her hand and had run out of the house.14So she called her servants. ‘Look’, she said to them, ‘this Hebrew slave has been brought here to make fun of us! He came in here to force me to have sex with him. But I screamed for help.15He heard my scream. So he left his coat beside me and ran out of the house.’16She kept Joseph’s coat with her until Potiphar came home.17Then she told him her story. She said, ‘That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to rape me.18But I screamed for help. So he left his coat beside me and ran out of the house.’19Potiphar’s wife told him, ‘That’s how your slave treated me.’ When Joseph’s master heard her story, he became very angry.20So he put Joseph in prison. It was the place where the king’s prisoners were kept. While Joseph was there in the prison,21the LORD was with him. He was kind to him. So the man running the prison was pleased with Joseph.22He put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners. He made him responsible for everything done there.23The man who ran the prison didn’t pay attention to anything in Joseph’s care. That’s because the LORD was with Joseph. He gave Joseph success in everything he did.
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